Improvement in farm-gates



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,381, dated July 25, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WLLLLAM D. CARLTON, of Morrisville, in the county of YVake and State of North Carolina, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Farm-Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to ena-- ble others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, ref

erence being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of my improved gate, showing it as when closed. Fig. 2 is a view of the gate when opened in the rear ofthe gatepost. Figs. 3 and 4 are detached views of the latch-knob and its supporting-bar.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction and hangin g of farmgates, whereby a durable7 convenient, and easily-constructed gate can be readily produced; and to this particular end the invention consists in connecting rigidly together at both ends a series of bars or slats, which can have a free longitudinal sliding move` ment through slots or mortises formed in or upon a vertical revolving post or bearing arranged in the rear of the gate-post and between said post and the fence, in such a manner that the said gate may be opened, turned, and slid back, and thereby obtain its own balance upon the bearing-post, and be out of the way and not liable to be struck by the wheels or hubs of passing vehicles.

The construction of the several parts constituting the gate and its operation will now be more deinitely set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawing, A and B represent the front and rear parts of the gate, which may be placed at any suitable distance apart. C C are bars orslats arranged in the same plane parallel with each other at suitable distances apart, and having their ends rigidly connected by the cross-slats or posts, all substantially in the manner of the common slide-gate. E is a ver tical revolving secondary post, made of metal or wood, provided with a series of mortises or slots through which freely slide the longitudinal bars or slats O O. This post has its lower journalbearing c in a suitable cavity upon the iat base extending from and supporting each post; This at base is provided at or near its center with a block, P, by which means the gate is supported when closed, while its upper journal d has its bearing in the wooden cap or metallic cross-piece F, which rigidly connects and shelters the top of the gate-post B with the top of the fence-post G. By connecting the gate-post B and fence-post G together by the diagonal cross-piece F, as shown in Figs. l and 2, I am enabled to arrange the secondary or bearing-post E in the rear ofthe gatepost, and between it and the post to which the adjoining' section of the fence is secured, and at the same time the free turning of the gate on its bearing-post is not prevented or interfered with. It will also be perceived that when the bearingpost of the gate is arranged as I have shown and described, there will be but a very slight opening between the said fence and gate-post. One side of the revolving post E is provided with an opening, e, into which is inserted loosely a pin r wedge, j', which passes into or through one of the gate-bars O, so as to interlock with and prevent the gate-bars sliding longitudinally within the mortises or slots of the post E, in which case the gate is used as an ordinary hinged turning gate. When it is designed to slide the gate back, that it may open in the rear of the gate-post and obtain its own balance, the pin j' is removed. At or about the center of the bars or slats C are secured transversely-arranged slats, which strengthen the bars C and form an axis for the gate-latch H, which is guided in its up-and-down motion by a bar, K, also attached to the said bars O. The bar K is provided with a longitudinal slot enlarged at its lower end. The nattened shank of the knob m passes through the circulai/ opening in the latch H, and through the lower part ofthe slot in the bar K, in which it freely turns, and is secured at the other end by a similar knob.. The upper portion of the slot in the bar K is so narrow it will not permit the upward passage of the shank of the. knob when it presents its enlarged diameter, but by turning the knob so the shank presents its lesser diameter to the upper portion of the slot the latch can be easily raised and the gate opened. The object of this device is to render the latch more secure in its operation. The latch H catches into a suitably-arranged catch upon the face of the gate-post, which may be of the ordinary construction. N is a stop, arranged upon the face of the post to prevent the gate from being lifted up and the latch detached from its catch when it (the knob) is not turned.

rIl he construction of this gate is simple, and, owing to its simplicity and double method of operation, and its arrangement so as to swing back. of the post which supports it and thus not interfere with the Wheels of passing vehicles, it will readily recommend itself.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1ST.-V

1. The arrangement of theV slotted revolving post or bearing E, connecting-piece F, gate-post B, parallel slats C C and their end pieces, the

To the above I have s1 gned my name this 9th day of June, 1871.

WILLIAM D. CARLTON.

YWitnesses:V 'i i 'f Y Y i JAS. BRIGGs, H. H. ROBERTS. 

